diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_node.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
index dbd1e901da92..af4f22dc3891 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_dir2_node.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ __xfs_dir3_free_read(
 	/* Check things that we can't do in the verifier. */
 	fa = xfs_dir3_free_header_check(dp, fbno, *bpp);
 	if (fa) {
-		xfs_verifier_error(*bpp, -EFSCORRUPTED, fa);
+		__xfs_buf_mark_corrupt(*bpp, fa);
 		xfs_trans_brelse(tp, *bpp);
 		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}